Monday, May 14, 2007

An Unreasonable Man: A Documentary About Ralph Nader + Comment

An Unreasonable Man: A Documentary About Ralph Nader



























In 1966, General Motors, the most powerful corporation in the world, sent private investigators to dig up dirt on an obscure thirty-two year old public interest lawyer named Ralph Nader, who had written a book critical of one of their cars, the Corvair. The scandal that ensued after the smear campaign was revealed launched Ralph Nader into national prominence and established him as one of the most admired Americans and the leader of the modern Consumer Movement. Over the next thirty years and without ever holding public office, Nader built a legislative record that is the rival of any contemporary president. Many things we take for granted including seat belts, airbags, product labeling, no nukes, even the free ticket you get after being bumped from an overbooked flight are largely due to the efforts of Ralph Nader and his citizen groups. Yet today, when most people hear the name "Ralph Nader," they think of the man who gave the country George W. Bush. As a result, after sustaining his popularity and effectiveness over an unprecedented amount of time, he has become a pariah even among former friends and allies. How did this happen? Is he really to blame for George W. Bush? Who has stuck by him and who has abandoned him? Has our democracy become a consumer fraud? After being so right for so many years, how did he seem to go so wrong? With the help of exciting graphics, rare archival footage and over forty on-camera interviews conducted over the past two years, "An Unreasonable Man" traces the life and career of Ralph Nader, one of the most unique, important, and controversial political figures of the past half century.







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Comment: I saw An Unreasonable Mant today at the Crest on the K Street Mall here in Sacramento and it was in general an interesting flick, sometimes a fascinating one as it put a lot of stuff in a real historical context.
Clearly Senor Nader has done a lot of good for a lot of people, in fact, hundreds of thousands when one considers all the progress he brought about along with many others for Consumer Rights. It put a lot of events since 2000 in a better and wider light, including the general weakness of the Democratic Party in the face of the rise of the fascist right-wing Bush Regime here in the USA.
Surely Senor Nader has done a lot of good and is a true humane being who is concerned with justice and has fought long and hard for the cause of justice for all peoples. It is worth seeing and worth thinking about in terms of where do we go from here in relation to the realm of electoral politics. Remembe: it is the ballot of the bullet... sometimes maybe it is both, especially in defense of our Creator Give humane rights! ~Peter S. Lopez +aka Peta+
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Peter S. Lopez ~aka Peta
Sacramento, California, Aztlan

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